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Thats an interesting point, would the insurance company claim that replacing the tank with a smaller one count as an aftermarket modification? in wich case they may well increase your premium. speaking of modifications, how many people have told their insurance company when they fitted an aftermarket exhaust or say a K&N filter? would the above be seen as modifications and therefore make your policy invalid?

the original thrust over wing pioneer, as I mentioned in another thread http://www.angelfire.com/va3/bythefire/

I have been told during my training that we are only allowed to fly in class G airspace, but according to this link there is no differance between class F and G for vfr flight. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/64/ats%20airs ... cation.pdf

The Bionic? tiny wing very fast needs an aerodynamic solution to the paramotor drag problem. But yes there is a limit (35 knts stall speed SPHG defininityion) would the setup be any lighter than what we already have? if not then a small wing may not provide the lift to get it all of the ground, and then if it does the performance may be stunted by the extra wieght. then of course if you up the wing size you incur the extra drag aviation has always had this challenge, how to go faster and further, going faster or further usually ends up adding more wieght to an AC, fuel, bigger engines etc its general rule of aircraft design that for every 100lbs you add 100hp to keep things equal. great minds have puzzeled over such problems since man first flew, hence we have such wonderfull creations as lifting bodies and custer wings.

not sure how pratical it would be, think about it, there will come a point where you will get to the limit of thrust that can be applied due to the fact the wing will no longer be able to move forward as fast as the motor, so until we get wings with massive speed our thrust will somewhat remain limited.

maybe electric is the answer?

supercharger better, its the thinner air that causes the problem, to make it work to its best efficency you would proabbly need EFI too. I would like to see someone fit a supercharged bike engine to a trike to see just how high they could get.

I would have thought that there is a limit to how high a unmodified engine will take a paramotor, altitude robs horsepower and we dont have a lot to spare.

you would only be breaking the law if you entered controled airspace, at 5 feet high I doubt you would encounter any commercial air traffic. the again after seeing this I am not so sure

about four and a half foot for me well its a start aint it

I am away in wales this weekend so cant attend, so you should definately change the date

have you flown one and if so what was your impressions? or is that you in the video?

do you stock the gofly them Simon? if so what sort of price are they? thanks, dave.

Hi Max, unfortunately you are too young to fly a paramotor in the UK, however that does not stop you training to fly one when you turn 16.

and sadly quite true

I would have to take issue with some of the above, firstly I have only ever ground handled the wing with no harness (kiting) to gauge the wind and make a desicion on wether it was safe to strap on a harness and risk getting dragged across the field, this is an excelent way for us newbies to get a feel for the wing and how it would react in such wind conditions and no I would not want to fly when the wind was that strong but then during a flight the wind strentgh could change dramatricly and I could be faced with having to handle such wind speed. also as newbies we are constantly told, and quite rightly so, that we should wait to purchase our wing/ motor until we know wich set up would be good for us, so i think the fact that many newbies ground handle a wing, lent to them by a friend, owned by their instructor etc, may well be a through necesity rather than practical choice, of course if you already own a motor and wing then I wholehaertdly agree with what you say, but for some it is just not a choice they can make when starting out. as far as I can see, any ground handling we can do will help us along the way.

Francis if you are looking for motor there is a bombardier rotax on ebay, twin, said to be lightwieght and putting out around 24hp http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rotax-Bombardier- ... 286.c0.m14

looks a very nice peice of kit, sooner or later someone is going to design a variable pitch prop that can be adjusted in flight, it may well come to us footlaunchers via the trike route due to the wieght issue.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Airwave-Harmony-3 ... 286.c0.m14

I cant believe "jfk airport terminals" ranked so high

typical English 40 something, having split from his latest girlfriend, decided to take a vacation. He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life, that is, until the ship sank. He found himself on an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing, only bananas and coconuts. After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the shore. In disbelief, he asks, 'Where did you come from? How did you get here?' She replies, 'I rowed from the other side of the island. I landed here when my cruise ship sank.' 'Amazing,' he notes. 'You were really lucky to have a row boat wash up with you.' 'Oh, this thing?' explains the woman. 'I made the boat out of raw material I found on the island. The oars were whittled from gum tree branches. I wove the bottom from palm branches, and the sides and stern came from a Eucalyptus tree.' 'But, where did you get the tools?' 'Oh, that was no problem,' replied the woman. 'On the south side of the island, a very unusual stratum of alluvial rock is exposed. I found if I fired it to a certain temperature in my kiln, it melted into ductile iron. I used that for tools and used the tools to make the hardware.' The guy is stunned. 'Let's row over to my place,' she says. After a few minutes of rowing, she docks the boat at a small wharf. As the man looks to shore, he nearly falls off the boat. Before him is a stone walk leading to an exquisite bungalow painted in blue and white. While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck. As they walk into the house, she says casually, 'It's not much but I call it home. Sit down, please. Would you like a drink?' 'No! No thank you,' he blurts out, still dazed. 'I can't take another drop of coconut juice.' 'It's not coconut juice,' winks the woman. 'I have a still, how would you like a Pina Colada?' Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts, and they sit down on her couch to talk. After they have exchanged their stories, the woman announces, 'I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave? There is a razor upstairs in the bathroom cabinet.' No longer questioning anything, the man goes into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet, a razor made from a piece of tortoise bone. Two shells honed to a hollow ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a swivel mechanism. 'This woman is amazing,' he muses. 'What next?' When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing but vines, strategically positioned, and smelling faintly of gardenias. She beckons for him to sit down next to her. 'Tell me,' she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, 'We've been out here for many months. You've been lonely. There's something I'm sure you really feel like doing right now, something you've been longing for?' She stares into his eyes. He can't believe what he's hearing. 'You mean . . ' he swallows excitedly and tears start to form in his eyes. 'Don't tell me you've got Sky Sports'

Francis theres a rather interesting thread on this forum about ducted fans. http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=18623

Yes and I'm the queen of England. Of course there will be tax charges on it, no question of it! Blimey, the rumours are true then, Malcs is an old queen

I geuss yes would be the answer, certainly makes things interesting when you get that wieght on your back running across a field, if you fear damaging your motor if you fall over you could always put the same amount of wieght in a rucksack.